Recent News

ADA – Dr. Mara Sukholutskaya, East Central University’s Global Education Director, has received an award that is near and dear to her heart.

Sukholutskaya was recently awarded the title of honorary doctor of two cooperating universities – the M.P. Dragomanov National Pedagogical University (Kiev, Ukraine) and the Ukrainian-American Liberal Arts Institute "Wisconsin International University (USA)- Ukraine" (WIUU).

ADA – Ten students from East Central University’s Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society have been selected to travel to Washington, D.C., to participate in the “D.C. Internship Experience”, Feb. 12-16, 2014.

“ECU’s top students can compete anywhere. The D.C. trip shows students the wide world of legal and political careers to which they may aspire,” said Dr. Christine Pappas, department coordinator and professor in ECU’s Political Science and Legal Studies Department.

ADA – Four classes called “Making Social Media Work for You”, presented by Maira Moraes Ollila and Dr. Pat Fountain, are being offered at East Central University, Dec. 16-17.

The classes are for those who want to put social media to work, building relationships with customers and clients in order to increase revenue. Those who attend will learn how to make social media work for their organization, through one class session or all four.

ADA – A unique Christmas gift idea is being provided by East Central University where, for a single bargain price of $30, a ticket package can be purchased to see two touring shows at the Ataloa Theatre in the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center. To purchase tickets, click on the link: http://tickets.ecok.edu/

ADA – The East Central University chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society initiated eight new members during a recent ceremony in the Rudolph Hargrave Moot Courtroom in the Harland C. Stonecipher School of Business.

To be eligible to induction, students must be a junior or senior and have a 3.0 average in all political science and legal studies classes.

ADA – East Central University Director of Communications and Marketing Amy (Garcia) Ford was presented the prestigious Natalea Watkins Communicator of the Year Award for 2013 on Wednesday at the Oklahoma College Public Relations Association’s Fall Workshop in the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. Ford was nominated for the award by virtue of her leadership that has had a positive influence for ECU as well as for the state system of higher education. OCPRA was founded in 1969 and Ford is the 10th person in the state to receive this honor.

ADA – “A Very Chorale Christmas”, a musical dinner variety show and silent auction, is set for Thursday, Dec. 5, at 6:30 p.m. in the ECU Foundation Hall of East Central University’s Chickasaw Business and Conference Center.

ADA – The East Central University Human Resources Club will host its annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner on Monday, Nov. 25 at 5:30 p.m., at the Pontotoc County Agri-Plex and Convention Center in Ada. The dinner is free and open to everyone in the community. Volunteers are needed for serving and cleaning. For more information contact Dr. Steven Roring at 580-559-5812 or contact him via email at sroring@ecok.edu.

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